Race

What Black Americans Say Is Needed To Overcome Racial Inequality

Jens Manuel Krogstad and Kiana Cox / Pew Research Center Feb 1, 2023 Five key findings from a Pew Research Center survey. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts

Joshua Kaplan / ProPublica Nov 10, 2022 DeSantis's commandeering of the redistricting process may ultimately have the most long-lasting consequences. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Opinion

As Corporatists Angle for Election-Day Disaster, Do Your Duty: Vote

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams Nov 7, 2022 Voter grumbling, rage and cynicism is rampant heading into the mid-term elections on November 8th. Add the flattering, flummoxing and fooling of voters by many corporatist politicians to the mix and we have the makings of an election-day disaster. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

US

A Guide to the U.S. Election System: Vulnerabilities and Mitigation

Steven Rosenfeld / IMI Nov 1, 2022 Today’s voting systems have strengths and weaknesses. This report was created to explain how these systems work and to discuss vulnerabilities at key junctures that have been exploited by partisans seeking to sow chaos and doubt about the results Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

House Passes ‘Historic’ Bill to Restore and Expand Voting Rights

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Dec 8, 2019 Only one Republican backed the legislation crafted to combat voter suppression that has proliferated since a 2013 Supreme Court ruling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

White House Asserts Executive Privilege in Census Fight

MICHAEL BALSAMO and MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Jun 12, 2019 The president blocks access to documents subpoenaed by Congress related to the 2020 census citizenship question. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie’s Powerful Proposal to Enfranchise America’s Prisoners

Jacqueline Luqman / The Real News Network Apr 29, 2019 The 2020 hopeful aims to restore inmates' voting rights, but his position is far more nuanced than corporate media might have you believe. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Judge: Mississippi Suit to Cover All Who Lost Voting Rights

JEFF AMY / The Associated Press Feb 16, 2019 A victory in the case could restore voting rights to tens of thousands of Mississippians, not just the handful who sued. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stacey Abrams Praises Immigrants, Slams Trump’s Shutdown ‘Stunt’ in SOTU Response

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 5, 2019 The Democrats' chosen challenger had to make sure each point counted and each hit landed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Federal Court Foils Trump Administration Bid to Rewrite Census

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jan 15, 2019 This is the first of many lawsuits that could go all the way to the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The DNA Industry’s Role in the Erosion of Native Rights

Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatch Dec 2, 2018 Today’s policy attacks on native rights reproduce the same misunderstandings of race that the DNA industry is now so assiduously promoting. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Touts Historic Victory for Pennsylvania Voters

Truthdig Nov 29, 2018 After a years-long lawsuit, the former presidential candidate has settled with the state to use paper ballots by 2020. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )